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But O’Neill, who needs everything to fall in his favour if Northern Ireland are to pip pool favourites Germany and Holland to next year’s finals, remains concerned that other chances aren’t being taken.

Paddy McNair missed a sitter with a close range header that bounced over the bar, while Josh Magennis and George Saville also had chances to add to the tally late on.

In their last seven outings, Northern Ireland have created a mind boggling 98 goal scoring opportunities - but only 31 efforts have been on target and seven goals scored.

“We’ve talked about it,” said Middlesbrough midfielder Saville.

Northern Ireland's George Saville

“We had a few chances against Estonia and obviously we need to take them,

“We got into the final third a lot of times on Thursday night and we just need a little bit more quality there to be a really good team.

“It was tough and Estonia defended well. They also man marked us in midfield and stopped us playing, so it was difficult for the likes of me and Davo (Steven Davis) to get into the game.

“But once it opened up in the second half, our quality showed and it was a completely different game. We played better, moved the ball quicker and did things with a bit more urgency.”

While O’Neill will demand a better - and more ruthless - performance against Belarus tomorrow, Saville knows the importance of getting off to a winning start.

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